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Feb 15, 20223 min read
Reflections on Well-being as Wealth
This idea of rethinking wealth in terms of well-being is really capturing people’s imagination. I received responses from readers with...
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Dec 3, 20213 min read
What, really, is our role?
Do humans have a natural role on this planet? I recently watched Growing Native: Great Lakes, an American Public Television special about...
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Sep 2, 20213 min read
Unlock Creativity with a Digital Whiteboard
What do you do when you’re grappling with a bunch of random ideas all at once? So many of our digital tools are linear: word processors,...
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Mar 12, 20215 min read
Lessons from Uganda
I recently talked with Aaron Enyetu, who arrived here from Uganda just a few months ago. Aaron has worked both as a volunteer in the...
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Dec 3, 20205 min read
How do we get better at listening?
Have you ever been in a conversation where someone was only half listening? Or have you caught yourself impatiently waiting for the other...
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Nov 11, 20204 min read
Now the Real Work Begins: Learning Together
This country has been divided for so long that we need to re-learn how to work together. Our labels (right, left, black, white) have...
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Oct 29, 20203 min read
How do we respond to turmoil?
With a divisive election year, a nation polarized and public discourse that has disintegrated into contention, we are definitely facing...
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Oct 15, 20202 min read
What does it mean to make space?
I recently participated in a Zoom workshop on consultation offered to an association of facilitators. The workshop was a familiar setup —...
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Oct 15, 20202 min read
How to listen when you don’t agree
What do you do when someone voices an opinion that opposes your own? It’s so easy to argue. We see daily examples of this in the news....
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Apr 6, 20203 min read
What makes communities successful?
How can we best build, join and harness our local and international communities? Ethical Business Building the Future (EBBF) recently...
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Feb 27, 20205 min read
Building Welcoming Communities
Let’s talk about a small town somewhere in rural America. Pick one; there’s probably such a town near you. For decades, people have been...
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Dec 12, 20192 min read
Anatevka: Village Building in the Modern Age
A Universal Village The musical Fiddler on the Roof has a very special place in my heart. When I was about 12, our little town put on a...
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Jul 26, 20193 min read
Collective Will and Inner Coherence
The little town of Ii, Finland, has set an audacious goal—to become the first zero-waste town in the world. And they’re well on their...
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Jul 11, 20192 min read
Tackling Blackberries through Taoism
I’ve been hacking away at the invasive blackberries that have been steadily taking over the bottom corner of our property. After getting...
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Apr 11, 20192 min read
Talking with People Who Disagree With You
I’m finding myself in more and more conversations with people who have different belief systems, different world views, different...
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Mar 7, 20193 min read
It Takes a Village
Grace Reed’s article on Solving Homelessness talks about how effective the village model is for getting people off the streets and back...
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Apr 2, 20183 min read
Making Learning Visual
About a year and a half ago, I set an intention for myself to facilitate learning within groups and between groups. Suddenly all kinds of...
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Mar 26, 201810 min read
Rethinking Government
Interview with Mary Li Mary Li is the director of the Multnomah Idea Lab (MIL), a learning lab within the Multnomah County government...
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Mar 18, 20184 min read
Overcoming Doubts and Fears
Have you ever had a brainstorm of an idea, with all its euphoria, and then when you set about implementing it, all kinds of doubts and...
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May 16, 20173 min read
Learning About Learning
Last fall I set an intention to “facilitate learning within groups and between groups.” Since then, I’ve served on an elected body in my...
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